Monthly archives for June, 2017

JPI Urban Europe is building international relationships and seeking to co-operate with international partners on strategic issues. Initial partnerships have been established that have resulted in the collaborations with the Belmont Forum on the SUGI call and with various…

On 20 June 2017, the European Commission (EC) published the European Innovation Scoreboard 2017. One of the main findings is that the EU’s innovation performance last year continued to grow, with Sweden remaining the innovation leader, while Lithuania, Malta,…

The Chinese government hopes that developing integrated clusters of cities, rather than simply focusing new infrastructure investment on large monocentric metropolises, will alleviate pressure on overcrowded and overstretched cities like Beijing and Shanghai.

The ´Open To The World booklet´ looks at six areas in which international projects under the EU’s Seventh Framework Programme for Research and Technological Development (FP7) and Horizon 2020 funding programmes have found innovative solutions to global societal…

The 19th Summit between the European Union and the People’s Republic of China has brought a number of important developments to the bilateral relationship, as well as providing fresh impetus to a partnership that has a global impact.

DRAGON-STAR is funded by FP7, aiming to support the Chinese participation in Horizon 2020, the reciprocity originating from the signed EU-China Scientific Cooperation Agreement, the bilateral cooperation in scientific, technological and industrial research and innovation fields, and the ongoing EU - China Innovation Cooperation Dialogue.

DRAGON-STARPLUS follows its predecessor (DRAGON-STAR), in its important mandate to provide support services to European and Chinese researchers and policy makers, and to offer a flexible platform to facilitate policy discussions between European and Chinese stakeholders. The project has received funding under European Commission’s Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme, under Grant Agreement No645775